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summerseve |
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May 03, 2004 12:35:35am |
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prelinger
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Re: using the english language |
"Long live the difference between fiction and fact."
Film always manipulates "fact", whether it's presented as documentary, fiction, or otherwise. As long as there are human beings behind the camera and in the editing room, there's a human perspective (that's why security camera footage is so boring).
Think of Leni Riefenstahl's glorifications of Hitler...you could call her work "factual", since she shot what was actually going on. But the camera angles, tracking shots, editing, long shots vs. close-ups, etc. etc. are all choices made by a human being, which effect the final product that strikes your eyeballs. You're no longer looking at a "fact", but someone's version of it.
That's an extreme example. But it's always the case that the film-makers are part of the film, even if the only statement that's made is about their own ineptitude.
And unless they are completely hidden, the presence of the crew and cameras effects the "facts" too. Riefenstahl had her crew dress in nazi uniforms, so that subjects wouldn't act differently because of the presence of "outsiders"...
2 cents, spend them as you will...
This post was modified by trafalgar on 2004-05-03 07:35:35
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cashel |
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May 03, 2004 06:33:13am |
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Re: using the english language |
trafalgar, an excellent statement I will leave this discussion ,now
This post was modified by jack2 on 2004-05-03 13:33:13
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